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 |
|---|---|
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |