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 |
|---|---|
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |