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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determinate | having defined limits |
tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
swill | wash |
nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |