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 |
|---|---|
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |