GRE Word List
PERMISSIVE
granted on sufferance : tolerated
The meaning of the word permissive is granted on sufferance : tolerated.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| retrench | cut down |
| environ | encircle |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
