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 |
|---|---|
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |