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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WordMeaning
inerrancyexemption from error : infallibility
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beguilehoodwink
kleptomaniaca person evidencing kleptomania
derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously
retardto delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
intersticea space that intervenes between things
miasmaa vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease
antiquityancient times