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 |
|---|---|
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |