GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |