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 |
|---|---|
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |