GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |