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 |
|---|---|
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
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| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
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| forebears | ancestor |
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