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 |
|---|---|
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
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| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
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