GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |