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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WordMeaning
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
declivitydownward inclination
impenitentnot penitent
impugnto assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity
corporealhaving, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as
approbationcommendation
fanciedimagined or believed to be true or real
underscoreto draw a line under : underline
palatialof, relating to, or being a palace
attritionsorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God