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 |
|---|---|
| significant | having meaning |
| drab | slattern |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| fuddle | booze |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |