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 |
|---|---|
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| brazen | made of brass |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |