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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| slew | a large number |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| fauna | animal life |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |