GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| submerge | to put under water |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |