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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drivel | nonsense |
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suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
gruel | a thin porridge |
nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
ruse | a wily subterfuge |
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