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
implementa device used in the performance of a task : tool
transitoryof brief duration : temporary
irksometending to irk : tedious
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
scorchto burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture
constituencya body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position)
gestateto carry in the uterus during pregnancy
shoveto push along
snipa small piece that is snipped off
bluffhaving a broad flattened front