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 |
|---|---|
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| subjective | of, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| fiend | devil |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| skiff | any of various small boats |