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 |
|---|---|
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |