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 |
|---|---|
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| whimsy | whim |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |