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.

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importuneto press or urge with troublesome persistence
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expungeto strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion
irreparablenot reparable : irremediable
knolla small round hill : mound
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adulterateto corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
acutecharacterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset
imperviousnot allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable