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
docileeasily taught
remissnegligent in the performance of work or duty : careless
affirmationthe act of affirming
satirea literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
exceptwith the exclusion or exception of
imperceptiblenot perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle
impedeto interfere with or slow the progress of
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
lollto hang loosely or laxly : droop
proselytizeto induce someone to convert to one's faith