GRE Word List
PREAMBLE
an introductory statement
The meaning of the word preamble is an introductory statement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nourishment | food |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| flounder | flatfish |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |