GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| queasy | causing nausea |