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.
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genuflect | to bend the knee |
pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |