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 |
|---|---|
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| approbation | commendation |
| clip | encompass |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |