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 |
|---|---|
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |