GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |