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 |
|---|---|
| obscure | dark |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| docile | easily taught |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |