GRE Word List
PATENT
open to public inspection
The meaning of the word patent is open to public inspection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| intermediary | mediator |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
