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 |
|---|---|
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| conflagration | fire |