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 |
|---|---|
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| impinge | encroach |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |