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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WordMeaning
heydaythe period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
megalomaniaa mania (see mania
tatterto make ragged
distinctivemarking as separate or different : serving to distinguish
decorousmarked by propriety and good taste : correct
clandestinemarked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious
germinalbeing in the earliest stage of development
qualifiedfitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent
putrefyto make putrid