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 |
|---|---|
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |