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 |
|---|---|
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |