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 |
|---|---|
| viand | an item of food |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
