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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| rarefied | being less dense |