GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| dally | to act playfully |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |