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
bulgeto jut out : swell
coupletwo persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired
fledglinga young bird just fledged (see fledge
quashto suppress or extinguish summarily and completely
decadencethe process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent
disenfranchiseto deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity
retentivehaving the power, property, or capacity of retaining
incentivesomething that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action
autonomoushaving the right or power of self-government
inuredto accustom to accept something undesirable