GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
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|---|---|
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
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| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| exegesis | exposition |
| paltry | inferior |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| approbation | commendation |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |