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 |
|---|---|
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| wholesome | promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |