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 |
|---|---|
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| fleck | streak |
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |
| cataclysm | flood |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| thespian | actor |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |