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

WordMeaning
dehydrateto remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water
planeairplane
glutto flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand
manifestreadily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight
spruceto make spruce
tanto make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
engageto offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end
perceptiveresponsive to sensory stimuli : discerning
tracta system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function