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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| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |