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 |
|---|---|
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |