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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| peerless | matchless |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |