GRE Word List
PATENT
open to public inspection
The meaning of the word patent is open to public inspection.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |