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 |
|---|---|
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |