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 |
|---|---|
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| putrefy | to make putrid |