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 |
|---|---|
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| entity | being |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |