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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| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| pundit | pandit |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| aromatic | of, relating to, or having aroma: |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |