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
exactingtryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands
multiformhaving many forms or appearances
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cantankerousdifficult or irritating to deal with
razeto destroy to the ground : demolish
nonsensewords or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas
wholesomepromoting health or well-being of mind or spirit
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facilitateto make easier : help bring about
imperilto bring into peril : endanger