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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| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
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| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
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| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
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