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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |