GRE Word List
PROLOGUE
the preface or introduction to a literary work
The meaning of the word prologue is the preface or introduction to a literary work.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| engender | beget |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |