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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |