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 |
|---|---|
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |