GRE vocabulary

Discursive

Digressing from subject to subject; rambling.

Example

"The professor's discursive lecture often strayed from the main topic, making it difficult to follow."

Etymology

From medieval Latin discursivus, from discurs- 'ran to and fro' (from Latin discurrere).

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