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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |