GRE Word List
LICENSE
permission to act
The meaning of the word license is permission to act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| passe | past one's prime |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| rotunda | a round building |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |