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.
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| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
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| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
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| mulct | fine |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
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| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |