GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |