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 |
|---|---|
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |