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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documentproof
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relevanthaving significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand
heterogeneousconsisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed
intransigencethe quality or state of being intransigent
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
impromptumade, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised
odoroushaving an odor: such as
propsomething that props or sustains : support
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