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 |
|---|---|
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |