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 |
|---|---|
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |