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 |
|---|---|
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| paltry | inferior |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |