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 |
|---|---|
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| throes | pang |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |