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 |
|---|---|
| tramp | to walk, tread, or step especially heavily |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |