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 |
|---|---|
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| environ | encircle |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |