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.

Random words

WordMeaning
assimilateto take into the mind and thoroughly understand
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
juncturea point of time
scruplea unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table
pervasiveexisting in or spreading through every part of something
antecedeprecede
fiascoa complete failure
climeclimate
entreethe act or manner of entering : entrance
inanelacking significance, meaning, or point : silly