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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| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
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| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| violate | break |