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 |
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| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |