GRE Word List
DISCURSIVE
moving from topic to topic without order : rambling
The meaning of the word discursive is moving from topic to topic without order : rambling.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |