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 |
|---|---|
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |