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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |