GRE Word List
PERMISSIVE
granted on sufferance : tolerated
The meaning of the word permissive is granted on sufferance : tolerated.
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|---|---|
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| homespun | spun or made at home |