GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| 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 |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| wont | accustomed |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |