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 |
|---|---|
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |