GRE Word List
PREAMBLE
an introductory statement
The meaning of the word preamble is an introductory statement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |