GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |