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 |
|---|---|
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| repercussion | reflection |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| forebears | ancestor |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |