GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inanimate | not animate: |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| duration | continuance in time |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |