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 |
|---|---|
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| scourge | whip |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |