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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preamblean introductory statement
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apothegma short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism
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cringeto recoil in distaste
vicissitudethe quality or state of being changeable : mutability
exceptwith the exclusion or exception of
dutifulfilled with or motivated by a sense of duty
sovereignone possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty