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 |
|---|---|
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| juncture | a point of time |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| antecede | precede |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| clime | climate |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |