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 |
|---|---|
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| actuary | clerk |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |