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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|---|---|
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
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| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
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