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 |
|---|---|
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| slew | a large number |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| gazette | newspaper |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |