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 |
|---|---|
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
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| hierarchy | a division of angels |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
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| carefree | free from care: such as |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |