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 |
|---|---|
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| veracious | truthful |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |