GRE Word List

LICENSE

permission to act

The meaning of the word license is permission to act.

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WordMeaning
discursivemoving from topic to topic without order : rambling
spectruma continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order
eerieso mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine
pristinebelonging to the earliest period or state : original
homespunspun or made at home
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
mogulan Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin
conformitycorrespondence in form, manner, or character : agreement
anecdotea usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident