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 |
|---|---|
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |