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 |
|---|---|
| contrive | devise |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| mulct | fine |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |