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 |
|---|---|
| crossbreed | hybridize |
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| flighty | swift |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| savant | a person of learning |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
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| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |