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 |
|---|---|
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |