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 |
|---|---|
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |