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 |
|---|---|
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |