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.
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apoplexy | stroke |
abnegation | denial |
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bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
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bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |