GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |