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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| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| apprehend | arrest |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
| amend | to put right |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |