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 |
|---|---|
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| natal | native |
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| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |