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 |
|---|---|
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |