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 |
|---|---|
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |