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 |
|---|---|
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |