GRE Word List
MISDEMEANOR
a crime less serious than a felony (see felony
The meaning of the word misdemeanor is a crime less serious than a felony (see felony.
Random words
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douse | to plunge into water |
staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
husband | a male partner in a marriage |
jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
implode | to burst inward |
consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |