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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| quarry | game |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| amity | friendship |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
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| erudite | having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition |