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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| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
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| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |