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.
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| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| countenance | look |
| warrant | sanction |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
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| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
