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.
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Word | Meaning |
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duration | continuance in time |
menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
uninhibited | free from inhibition |
ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
suppliant | supplicant |
humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
civil | of or relating to citizens |
arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |