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 |
|---|---|
| superannuated | outmoded |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| steep | lofty |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |