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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| lumber | to move ponderously |