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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
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| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
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| aseptic | preventing infection |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |