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 |
|---|---|
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| billow | wave |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| 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 |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |