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 |
|---|---|
| ploy | escapade |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| arsenal | an establishment for the manufacture or storage of arms and military equipment |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |