GRE Word List
PRELUDE
introduction; introductory performance or event; forerunner
The meaning of the word prelude is introduction; introductory performance or event; forerunner.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chancellor | legal official of high rank; CF. chancellery(chancellory): position of a chancellor |
| confidant | trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret) |
| disinterested | unprejudiced; free from bias and self-interest; objective |
| bump | hit or knock against with force; N. |
| retain | keep; maintain possession of; employ (esp. a lawyer or advisor); N. retainer: servant; fee paid to retain an advisor |
| continence | self-restraint; sexual chastity; sexual abstinence; voluntary control over bladder and bowel functions; ADJ. continent |
| ego | one's opinion of oneself; self-esteem |
| mirage | unreal reflection; optical illusion |
| weather | pass safely through (a storm or difficult period); endure the effects of weather or other forces |
| soluble | able to be dissolved in a liquid; able to be worked out or solved |