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 |
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| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |