GRE Word List
LENIENCY
the quality or state of being lenient
The meaning of the word leniency is the quality or state of being lenient.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| grate | grating |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| charlatan | quack |