GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| fluke | flatfish |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |