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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caucusa closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy
stymieto present an obstacle to : stand in the way of
paramountsuperior to all others : supreme
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
lividdiscolored by bruising : black-and-blue
apologistsomeone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism
consecratededicated to a sacred purpose
tributesomething given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved
hema border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down
laggardlagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind