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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
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| rig | to fit out with rigging |