GRE Word List
PREFIGURE
to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness
The meaning of the word prefigure is to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |