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.

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malevolenthaving, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
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machinationsan act of machinating
vilifyto utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame
muralof, relating to, or resembling a wall
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cosmicof or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone
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