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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vendetta | blood feud |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |