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 |
|---|---|
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |