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 |
|---|---|
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |