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 |
|---|---|
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |