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

WordMeaning
underhandin a clandestine manner
rotethe use of memory usually with little intelligence
inceptionan act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement
sluggishaverse to activity or exertion : indolent
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
bateto reduce the force or intensity of : restrain
whimsywhim
igneousformed by solidification of magma
stultifyto have a dulling or inhibiting effect on
nascentcoming or having recently come into existence