GRE Word List
PREAMBLE
an introductory statement
The meaning of the word preamble is an introductory statement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |