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 |
|---|---|
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |