GRE Word List
DISCOURSE
verbal interchange of ideas
The meaning of the word discourse is verbal interchange of ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| bulk | magnitude |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |