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 |
|---|---|
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| remnant | a usually small part, member, or trace remaining |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| annuity | a sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals |
| dire | exciting horror |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |