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 |
|---|---|
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |