GRE Word List
EPILOGUE
a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work
The meaning of the word epilogue is a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |