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 |
|---|---|
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| minuscule | very small |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |