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 |
|---|---|
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| faculty | ability |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |