GRE Word List
LICENSE
permission to act
The meaning of the word license is permission to act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |