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 |
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| juncture | a point of time |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |