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 |
|---|---|
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| cipher | zero |