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 |
|---|---|
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| render | to melt down |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| encumber | weigh down |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |