GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
serious speech, writing, or conversation; formal discussion (either written or spoken); conversation; V.
The meaning of the word discourse is serious speech, writing, or conversation; formal discussion (either written or spoken); conversation; V..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preeminent | outstanding; superior |
| perfunctory | done routinely and with little care; superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; Ex. perfunctory kiss |
| reduce | diminish; bring to a weaker or more difficult condition; demote; lower in rank; separate into components by analysis; Ex. reduced to the ranks; Ex. reduce the house to rubble; N. reduction |
| absolve | pardon (an offense) |
| incubate | hatch; warm (eggs) with the body to promote hatching; maintain at optimal environment conditions for development; be holding in one's body an infection which is going to develop into a disease; N. incubation; CF. incubation:disease |
| vigil | keeping watch (during normal sleeping hours); Ex. all-night vigil |
| traverse | go through or across |
| holocaust | destruction by fire; CF. burnt whole; CF. Holocaust |
| grouch | bad-tempered complaint; person who keeps complaining; V: complain; grumble |
| unique | without an equal; single in kind |
