GRE Word List
LICENSE
permission to act
The meaning of the word license is permission to act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |