GRE Word List
PERMISSIVE
granted on sufferance : tolerated
The meaning of the word permissive is granted on sufferance : tolerated.
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|---|---|
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
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| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| retract | to draw back or in |
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| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |