GRE Word List

PERMISSIVE

granted on sufferance : tolerated

The meaning of the word permissive is granted on sufferance : tolerated.

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WordMeaning
unearthto dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume
exasperateto cause irritation or annoyance to
phariseea 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
swindlerto obtain money or property by fraud or deceit
judicioushaving, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment
nomadicof, relating to, or characteristic of nomads
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)
disquisitiona formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse
weanto accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing
condigndeserved