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 |
|---|---|
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |