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 |
|---|---|
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| portly | dignified |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |