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 |
|---|---|
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |