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 |
|---|---|
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| junket | trip |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |