GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| defalcate | deduct |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |