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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WordMeaning
benefitsomething that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage
personablepleasant or amiable in person : attractive
desolatedevoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted
impoliticnot politic : unwise
bouta spell or period of activity: such as
qualmsa feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety
abstractdisassociated from any specific instance
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
reclineto cause or permit to incline backwards
bedizento dress or adorn gaudily