GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |