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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| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
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| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
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| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
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