GRE Word List

MONOGRAPH

a learned treatise on a small area of learning

The meaning of the word monograph is a learned treatise on a small area of learning.

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perpetuateto make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely
eloquencediscourse marked by force and persuasiveness
gainsayto declare to be untrue or invalid
refurbishto brighten or freshen up : renovate
sedentarynot migratory : settled
putrescentundergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid
phlegmaticresembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm
grandiosecharacterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
flotsamfloating wreckage of a ship or its cargo