GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
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| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| hardy | bold |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |