GRE Word List
LICENSE
permission to act
The meaning of the word license is permission to act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| verge | brink |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |