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 |
|---|---|
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |