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 |
|---|---|
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| resign | relegate |
| shack | hut |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| blackball | to vote against |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |