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
warblea melodious succession of low pleasing sounds
quenchput out
quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
hamperto restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede
prateto talk long and idly : chatter
unkemptnot combed
polemicalof, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial
engenderbeget
brittleeasily broken, cracked, or snapped
concatenatelinked together