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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| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |