GRE Word List

TRAVESTY

a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation

The meaning of the word travesty is a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation.

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bereavementthe state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone
superciliouscoolly and patronizingly haughty
evinceto constitute outward evidence of
benevolentmarked by or disposed to doing good
lamentto mourn aloud : wail
stoica member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c.
advocateone who defends or maintains a cause or proposal
precedentprior in time, order, arrangement, or significance
arbitraryexisting or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will
dissipateto break up and drive off