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.

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WordMeaning
effeteno longer fertile
citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
exclaimto cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion
stumbleto fall into sin or waywardness
projectilea body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia
ineffectualnot producing the proper or intended effect : futile
paltryinferior
retrogradehaving or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars
comprehensivecovering completely or broadly : inclusive
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work