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 |
|---|---|
| slake | subside |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| rider | one that rides |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |