GRE Word List

PREAMBLE

an introductory statement

The meaning of the word preamble is an introductory statement.

Random words

WordMeaning
suspendto debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function
immolateto kill or destroy especially by fire
incentivesomething that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action
malcontenta discontented person:
ecosystemthe complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit
pertinaciousadhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design
alcovea small recessed section of a room : nook
deportto send out of the country by legal deportation
crevicea narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure
soliloquythe act of talking to oneself