GRE Word List

LICENSE

permission to act

The meaning of the word license is permission to act.

Random words

WordMeaning
elopeto run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent
mandatoryrequired by a law or rule : obligatory
sprightlymarked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited
superficialof, relating to, or located near a surface
braga pompous or boastful statement
premisea proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
divergeto move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart
masochista person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism
bromidea binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives