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 |
|---|---|
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
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| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| plait | pleat |