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 |
|---|---|
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| wholesome | promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |