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 |
|---|---|
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| resign | relegate |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| haggard | not tamed |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |