GRE Word List

ILLICIT

not permitted : unlawful

The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.

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WordMeaning
equablemarked by lack of variation or change : uniform
rotundmarked by roundness : rounded
barefacedhaving the face uncovered:
sophomoricconceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature
whitthe smallest part or particle imaginable : bit
haranguea speech addressed to a public assembly
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
habitatthe place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows
dorsalan ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar
synchronoushappening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time