GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |