GRE Word List
PREAMBLE
an introductory statement
The meaning of the word preamble is an introductory statement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |