GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |