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 |
|---|---|
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| stilted | pompous |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| ventriloquist | one who uses or is skilled in ventriloquism |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |