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
hegemonypreponderant influence or authority over others : domination
execrabledeserving to be execrated : detestable
rebusa representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound
indeterminatenot definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague
monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy
earmarka mark of identification on the ear of an animal
contentiona point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument
prolificproducing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful
automatona mechanism that is relatively self-operating
briskkeenly alert : lively