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 |
|---|---|
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| steep | lofty |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| heed | to pay attention |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |