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
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| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| apprehend | arrest |
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| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| scourge | whip |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |