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

WordMeaning
quagmiresoft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot
obtusenot pointed or acute : blunt
noncommittalgiving no clear indication of attitude or feeling
perspicuousplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
crustthe hardened exterior or surface part of bread
prongfork
abhorto regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
comeuppancea deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts
predisposeto dispose in advance