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 |
|---|---|
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| dour | stern |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |