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 |
|---|---|
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| headlong | headfirst |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |