GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |