GRE Word List

OSCILLATE

to swing backward and forward like a pendulum

The meaning of the word oscillate is to swing backward and forward like a pendulum.

Random words

WordMeaning
compliantready or disposed to comply : submissive
doctrinairestubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations
ingratean ungrateful person
choiran organized company of singers (as in a church service)
dodderingfeeble
hueoverall character or appearance to the mind : complexion
annexto attach as a quality, consequence, or condition
defectionconscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion
grumbleto mutter in discontent
memorializeto address or petition by a memorial