GRE Word List
DISQUISITION
a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse
The meaning of the word disquisition is a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |