GRE Word List

DISCOURSE

verbal interchange of ideas

The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.

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WordMeaning
makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
superimposeto place or lay over or above something
ciliatedpossessing cilia
kleptomaniaca person evidencing kleptomania
cantankerousdifficult or irritating to deal with
unravelto disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
commiserateto feel or express sympathy : condole
equablemarked by lack of variation or change : uniform
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop