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 |
|---|---|
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| plumber | a dealer or worker in lead |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |