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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |