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 |
|---|---|
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| 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 |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |