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 |
|---|---|
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
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| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| medley | a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces |
| politic | political |