GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |