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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concisemarked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail
nascentcoming or having recently come into existence
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