GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |
| betroth | to promise to marry |