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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| Word | Meaning |
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| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| billow | wave |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |