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 |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |