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 |
|---|---|
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| vibrant | pulsating with life, vigor, or activity |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |