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 |
|---|---|
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| forebears | ancestor |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |