GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| fuddle | booze |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |