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 |
|---|---|
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |