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 |
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quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
incompatible | not compatible: such as |
supersede | to cause to be set aside |