GRE Word List
DISSERTATION
an extended usually written treatment of a subject
The meaning of the word dissertation is an extended usually written treatment of a subject.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| fleck | streak |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| violate | break |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |