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 |
|---|---|
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| peerless | matchless |