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 |
|---|---|
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| billow | wave |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |