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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| amend | to put right |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |