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 |
|---|---|
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |