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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |