GRE Word List
LICENSE
permission to act
The meaning of the word license is permission to act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| philatelist | a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| colloquy | conversation |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |