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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scurriloususing or given to coarse language
ambiguousdoubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
thralla state of servitude or submission
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somberso shaded as to be dark and gloomy
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