GRE Word List
LICENSE
permission to act
The meaning of the word license is permission to act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| mogul | an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |