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 |
|---|---|
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |