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 |
|---|---|
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |