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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| trance | stupor |
| cardiologist | the study of the heart and its action and diseases |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |