GRE Word List

LICENSE

permission to act

The meaning of the word license is permission to act.

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WordMeaning
salaciousarousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
rouea man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake
surmisea thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture
masona skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick)
equitablehaving or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned
cloistera monastic establishment
dupeone that is easily deceived or cheated : fool
integralessential to completeness : constituent
sartorialof or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language