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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WordMeaning
renounceto give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
primto give a prim or demure expression to
self-indulgenceexcessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims
affrontto insult especially to the face by behavior or language
flagrantconspicuously offensive
surrogateone appointed to act in place of another : deputy
religiousrelating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity
simperto smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner
machinationsan act of machinating