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 |
|---|---|
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| mendicant | beggar |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| cataclysm | flood |