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 |
|---|---|
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| chafe | irritate |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |