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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capitulateto surrender often after negotiation of terms
gruelingtrying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing
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carnagethe flesh of slain animals or humans
despiseto look down on with disrespect or aversion
metropolisthe chief or capital city of a country, state, or region
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eschewto avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun
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