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 |
|---|---|
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| acumen | keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters |