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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| alleviate | relieve |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |