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 |
|---|---|
| impoverish | to make poor |
| paradigm | example |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| hallowed | holy |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |