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 |
|---|---|
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| nib | bill |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| application | an act of applying: |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |