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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| retract | to draw back or in |
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| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |