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 |
|---|---|
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |