If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 28-Oct-11 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists discursive [ di-SKUR-siv ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. randomly digress from topic to topic 2. related to discourse 3. concluding by analysis and reasoning and not by intuition USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The speaker's discursive speech on the state of affairs of the country induced a sense of stupor among the audience. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : Instead, thinking, especially discursive thinking, is to be acknowledged but then put to one side so that the mind is not carried away by worries, anxieties, and endless hopes and fears. BBC, Zen Meditation descant [ n., adj. DES-kant;...