GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
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| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
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| pitfall | trap |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |