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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |