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 |
|---|---|
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| expatriate | banish |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |