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
doteto exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage
sullyto make soiled or tarnished : defile
disportsport
benevolentmarked by or disposed to doing good
promoteto advance in station, rank, or honor : raise
gradationa series forming successive stages
pharisaicalmarked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness
temperamentcharacteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response
whiffa quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray
crescendoa gradual increase