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 |
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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 |