GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |