GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |