GRE Word List
PREAMBLE
an introductory statement
The meaning of the word preamble is an introductory statement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |