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

WordMeaning
high-flownexceedingly or excessively high or favorable
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pervasiveexisting in or spreading through every part of something
pinnaclean upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress
amorousstrongly moved by love and especially sexual love
servileof or befitting a menial position
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth
macabrehaving death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
tenuoushaving little substance or strength : flimsy
turpitudeinherent baseness : depravity