GRE Word List

ACQUITTAL

a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process

The meaning of the word acquittal is a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process.

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WordMeaning
taintto contaminate morally : corrupt
diversionthe act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation
insidioushaving a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle
inadvertentlyunintentional
disquisitiona formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse
requisitionthe act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
callowlacking adult sophistication : immature
flinchto withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince
sentientresponsive to or conscious of sense impressions