GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |