GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| vulture | any 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 |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |