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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |