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 |
|---|---|
| delve | excavate |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| lax | loose |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |