GRE Word List
PREAMBLE
an introductory statement
The meaning of the word preamble is an introductory statement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |