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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |