GRE Word List
CLEMENCY
disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due
The meaning of the word clemency is disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |