GRE Word List
PREAMBLE
an introductory statement
The meaning of the word preamble is an introductory statement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| imprecation | curse |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |