GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| realm | kingdom |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| swill | wash |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |