GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| oversee | survey |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |