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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impoverish | to make poor |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| devious | wandering |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| drivel | nonsense |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |