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 |
|---|---|
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |