GRE Word List
EFFIGY
an image or representation especially of a person
The meaning of the word effigy is an image or representation especially of a person.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| paltry | inferior |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |