GRE Word List
PERMISSIVE
granted on sufferance : tolerated
The meaning of the word permissive is granted on sufferance : tolerated.
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|---|---|
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
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| myriad | ten thousand |
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