GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| fiend | devil |