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.

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WordMeaning
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
insolventunable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business
maternalof, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly
enterprisea project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky
emollientmaking soft or supple
jadedfatigued by overwork : exhausted
discernibleable to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
purportedreputed