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 |
|---|---|
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
