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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purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
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carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
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incidencerate of occurrence or influence
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