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 |
|---|---|
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| irate | roused to ire |
| censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |