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 |
|---|---|
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |