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 |
|---|---|
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| verge | brink |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |