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
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| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| actuary | clerk |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |