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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| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |