GRE Word List
PREFATORY
of, relating to, or constituting a preface
The meaning of the word prefatory is of, relating to, or constituting a preface.
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| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
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| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
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| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| auroral | dawn |
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