Tangential GRE Vocabulary Flashcard

Tangential GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /tænˈdʒen.tʃəl/ (adj) Definition relating to a tangent which is a straight line that touches but does not cut into a curve, peripheral, extraneous, diverging from a course, oblique, divergent, digressive, lateral, having only a slight connection, diverting, irrelevant, impertinent, indirect, inconsequential Example The term I digress is used when someone's argument is tangential to the central topic and he/she is digressing from the certain topic or course of argument that they are speaking or writing on and is trying to get back on track. The word digress means to veer off course of the main subject ...