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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| verge | brink |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |