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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| appease | pacify |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| defalcate | deduct |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |