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 |
|---|---|
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| farce | stuff |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |