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 |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |