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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| poise | balance |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |