GRE Word List
FORESHADOW
to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure
The meaning of the word foreshadow is to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| render | to melt down |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| exhume | disinter |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |