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 |
|---|---|
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| commune | talk over |
| append | attach |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |