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

WordMeaning
venerablecalling forth respect through age, character, and attainments
cravenlacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted
pandemoniuma wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people)
residualremainder
clapperone that claps: such as
procurementthe act or process of procuring
impiousnot pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent
rudimentaryconsisting in first principles : fundamental
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
stagnantnot flowing in a current or stream