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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| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |