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

WordMeaning
marginthe part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
inimitablenot capable of being imitated : matchless
significanthaving meaning
exonerateto relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship
veritablebeing in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
staccatocut short or apart in performing : disconnected
edicta proclamation having the force of law