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 |
|---|---|
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
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| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
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| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
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| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |