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 |
|---|---|
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |