GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| benison | blessing |