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 |
|---|---|
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| onus | burden |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |