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 |
|---|---|
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| condign | deserved |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| environ | encircle |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |