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 |
|---|---|
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| forebears | ancestor |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |