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 |
|---|---|
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| forebears | ancestor |