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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |