GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |