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 |
|---|---|
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
