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 |
|---|---|
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |