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 |
|---|---|
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| refrain | curb |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |