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 |
|---|---|
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| obscure | dark |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |