GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| coiffure | a style or manner of arranging the hair |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| enamored | affected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |