GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |