GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| append | attach |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |