GRE Word List

PREAMBLE

an introductory statement

The meaning of the word preamble is an introductory statement.

Random words

WordMeaning
inveterateconfirmed in a habit : habitual
mammalany 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
sovereigntysupreme power especially over a body politic
comaa state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
megalomaniaa mania (see mania
boorpeasant
awfulextremely disagreeable or objectionable
reminiscenceapprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence
quenchput out