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 |
|---|---|
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| cue | the letter q |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| random | a haphazard course |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |