GRE Word List
PREFIGURE
to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness
The meaning of the word prefigure is to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
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| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |