GRE Word List
LICENSE
permission to act
The meaning of the word license is permission to act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| approbation | commendation |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |