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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| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |