GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| abnegation | denial |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |