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 |
|---|---|
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
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| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
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