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 |
|---|---|
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| opulence | wealth |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |