GRE Word List

LICENSE

permission to act

The meaning of the word license is permission to act.

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scoffan expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe
emollientmaking soft or supple
rebusa representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound
divaprima donna
agogfull of intense interest or excitement : eager
phlegmaticresembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm
perpetrateto bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
pugnacityhaving a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent
miserlyof, relating to, or characteristic of a miser