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 |
|---|---|
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |