GRE Word List
PREAMBLE
an introductory statement
The meaning of the word preamble is an introductory statement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| purported | reputed |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| retribution | recompense |
| antiquity | ancient times |