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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smother | to kill by depriving of air |
confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
propellant | capable of propelling |
remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
whittle | a large knife |