GRE Word List
PENOLOGY
a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders
The meaning of the word penology is a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders.
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| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
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| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
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