GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| giddy | dizzy |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| zealot | a zealous person |