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 |
|---|---|
| factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |