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
boostto push or shove up from below
beholdenbeing under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted
neophytea new convert : proselyte
bewareto be on one's guard
disparageto depreciate (see depreciate
pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
noxiousphysically harmful or destructive to living beings
approbationcommendation
clipencompass
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable