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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campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
jesta joking or mocking remark
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
shedto rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted
banallacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite
vulnerablecapable of being physically or emotionally wounded
discreditto refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve
dysenterya disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection
nihilista viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless
luxuriateto grow profusely : thrive