GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| verge | brink |
| abnegation | denial |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |