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 |
|---|---|
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| demise | death |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |