GRE Word List
PRELUDE
an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter
The meaning of the word prelude is an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| plait | pleat |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |