GRE Word List
PREAMBLE
an introductory statement
The meaning of the word preamble is an introductory statement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |