GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |