GRE Word List
PATENT
open to public inspection
The meaning of the word patent is open to public inspection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |