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 |
|---|---|
| slapdash | haphazard |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| quorum | a select group |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| sheer | unqualified |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |