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 |
|---|---|
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |