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 |
|---|---|
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |