effigy

Day 60Level 2

EH-fuh-jee

crude representation

a crude representation of someone disliked

Part of Speech: noun

Synonyms:

figure, idol, portrait

Antonyms:

entity, being

Example Sentence:

Protesters burned the effigy of the dictator demanding his resignation after the recent massacre in the city.

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uh-KREE-shuhn

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koh-uh-LEHS

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dahy-uh-RAM-uh

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ee-kwuh-NIM-uh-tee

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