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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| lewd | obscene |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |