GRE Word List

LICENSE

permission to act

The meaning of the word license is permission to act.

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vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
miragean optical (see optical
attritionsorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God
liena charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law
abodethe place where one lives : home
apoliticalhaving no interest or involvement in political affairs
gerontologythe comprehensive multidisciplinary study of aging and older adults compare geriatrics
presagesomething that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen
temperamentcharacteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response
wanderluststrong longing for or impulse toward wandering