GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |