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 |
|---|---|
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| dire | exciting horror |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |