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 |
|---|---|
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| disquietude | anxiety |