GRE Word List
PROLOGUE
introduction (to a poem or play)
The meaning of the word prologue is introduction (to a poem or play).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apex | tip; summit; climax; highest point |
| careen | lurch; sway from side to side; move with irregular swinging movement; stagger |
| congenital | existing at birth |
| partisan | one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party (with dislike of any others); N: strong supporter of a party; guerrilla |
| nonplus | put at a loss; bring to a halt by confusion; perplex; CF. no more |
| transport | strong emotion; rapture; Ex. in a transport/transports of; V: move to strong emotion; enrapture |
| articulate | effective; distinct; expressing ideas clearly; having clear sounds; having joints; Ex. articulate speech; V: express thoughts and feeling clearly; pronounce clearly; unite by joints |
| matriarch | woman who rules a family or larger social group |
| sully | defile; soil; tarnish; Ex. sully one's hands in menial labor |
| facet | small plane surface (of a gem(precious stone)); a side |
