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 |
|---|---|
| predetermine | foreordain |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| arid | excessively dry |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |