GRE Word List
PREAMBLE
an introductory statement
The meaning of the word preamble is an introductory statement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| guy | man |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |