GRE Word List
AMNESTY
pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)
The meaning of the word amnesty is pardon (allowed by government to political criminals).
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Word | Meaning |
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cloying | distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess |
remediable | reparable |
limber | flexible; supple; pliable; V. |
mercenary | motivated solely by money or gain; N. |
jocose | given to(having a tendency of) joking |
tramp | walk with a heavy step; travel on foot; N: vagrant; one who travels aimlessly about; long walk; sound of heavy walking |
blowhard | talkative boaster; braggart |
fruitful | producing results; profitable; prolific; producing in abundance |
milieu | social environment; means of expression; Ex. feel out of one's milieu; Ex. His proper milieu is watercolor. |
myriad | very large number; ADJ. CF. ten thousand |