GRE Word List
LICENSE
permission to act
The meaning of the word license is permission to act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| speck | a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| nexus | connection |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |