GRE Word List

PREAMBLE

an introductory statement

The meaning of the word preamble is an introductory statement.

Random words

WordMeaning
awryoff the correct or expected course : amiss
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
colloquyconversation
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
haphappening
tenuoushaving little substance or strength : flimsy
fusionthe act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat
patronizeto act as patron of : provide aid or support for
thematicof, relating to, or constituting a theme
synopticaffording a general view of a whole