GRE Word List
PERMISSIVE
granted on sufferance : tolerated
The meaning of the word permissive is granted on sufferance : tolerated.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |