GRE Word List
PATENT
open to public inspection
The meaning of the word patent is open to public inspection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| stringent | tight |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| spoof | deceive |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |