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

WordMeaning
prologuethe preface or introduction to a literary work
procrastinateto put off intentionally and habitually
provincialthe superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order
extraditionthe surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge
slavishof or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude
exacerbateto make more violent, bitter, or severe
disarraya lack of order or sequence : confusion
extraneousexisting on or coming from the outside
nexusconnection
simianof, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes