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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WordMeaning
travailwork especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil
nauseouscausing nausea or disgust : nauseating
incognitowith one's identity concealed
mealymouthednot plain and straightforward : devious
incongruitythe quality or state of being incongruous
fluctuateto shift back and forth uncertainly
citadela fortress that commands (see command
cravenlacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted
dolorouscausing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief
bereftdeprived or robbed of the possession or use of something