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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WordMeaning
enclavea distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory
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suppliantsupplicant
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
truncateto shorten by or as if by cutting off
deferencerespect and esteem due a superior or an elder
valedictionan act of bidding farewell
putrescentundergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid
tightwada close or miserly person
glimmerto shine faintly or unsteadily