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

WordMeaning
precincta part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district
contingentdependent on or conditioned by something else
awfulextremely disagreeable or objectionable
lexicona book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary
recumbentsuggestive of repose : leaning
pietythe quality or state of being pious: such as
rabidextremely violent : furious
erodeto diminish or destroy by degrees:
cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection