GRE Word List
ILLICIT
not permitted : unlawful
The meaning of the word illicit is not permitted : unlawful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |