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
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trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
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rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
sportive | frolicsome |