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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WordMeaning
acquiesceto accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
providencedivine guidance or care
hamperto restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede
tawdrycheap and gaudy in appearance or quality
melancholydepression of spirits : dejection
addictiona compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted
maledictioncurse
inexorablenot to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless
conceptionthe process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both
furrowa trench in the earth made by a plow