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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
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| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |