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 |
|---|---|
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |