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 |
|---|---|
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |