GRE Word List
PREAMBLE
an introductory statement
The meaning of the word preamble is an introductory statement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| gerontology | the comprehensive multidisciplinary study of aging and older adults compare geriatrics |
| willowy | abounding with willows |