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 |
|---|---|
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |