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 |
|---|---|
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |