discursive
rambling and moving from topic to topic without order
Word origin: From Latin discurrere, to run about, from currere, to run.
Discursive in a sentence
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His discursive lectures wandered far from the announced subject.
The memoir is charming but discursive, wandering through decades with little regard for chronology.
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Verbal · Sentence Equivalence
Because the evidence linking the additive to the illness remained blank, regulators declined to issue a ban and instead called for further study.
Using “discursive” well
Discursive describes writing or speech that rambles from topic to topic, pairing with digressive and meandering. In philosophy it has a separate, neutral sense (proceeding by reasoning), but the rambling sense dominates on the GRE.
More GRE words starting with D
to engage in something superficially or as a casual pastime
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to waste time or act without urgency
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marked with spots or patches of color or light
to intimidate or discourage with fear or doubt
to move slowly or waste time idly
a scarcity or shortage of something
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