GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| haggard | not tamed |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| 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 |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| bauble | trinket |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |