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.

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scuffleto struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss
inimitablenot capable of being imitated : matchless
blithelacking due thought or consideration : casual
ineptgenerally incompetent : bungling
pinchto squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument
campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
replicaan exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
austerestern and cold in appearance or manner