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 |
|---|---|
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| haven | harbor |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| shambles | a meat market |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |