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 |
|---|---|
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |