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 |
|---|---|
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |