GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |