GRE Word List
PREAMBLE
an introductory statement
The meaning of the word preamble is an introductory statement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |