GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| collate | to compare critically |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |