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 |
|---|---|
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |