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 |
|---|---|
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |