GRE Word List
THESIS
a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view
The meaning of the word thesis is a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impenitent | not penitent |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |