GRE Word List
LICENSE
permission to act
The meaning of the word license is permission to act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| diva | prima donna |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |