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
coddleto cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point
facetiousjoking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish
matrixsomething within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form
factiousof or relating to faction: such as
auspiciousshowing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious
loungeto act or move idly or lazily : loaf
idolatrythe worship of a physical object as a god
irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control
mundaneof, relating to, or characteristic of the world
cantankerousdifficult or irritating to deal with