GRE Word List

TREATISE

a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached

The meaning of the word treatise is a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached.

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phariseea 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
attestto affirm to be true or genuine
counterpartone of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate
hypnosisa trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject
affectedartificial; pretended
premeditateto think about and revolve in the mind beforehand
reposea state of resting after exertion or strain
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
congealto change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold
forthrightfree from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point