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 |
|---|---|
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| shambles | a meat market |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |