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 |
|---|---|
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| reverberate | reflect |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| ossify | to change into bone |