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 |
|---|---|
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| nexus | connection |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |