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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
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| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
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| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| ram | a male sheep |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| potentate | ruler |