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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WordMeaning
presumptuousoverstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties
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paragona model of excellence or perfection
rebuttalthe act of rebutting especially in a legal suit
partisana firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person
apexthe uppermost point : vertex
looma frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace
argotthe language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group
martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
resplendentshining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor