GRE Word List
PATENT
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The meaning of the word patent is open to public inspection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| violate | break |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |