GRE Word List
PATENT
open to public inspection
The meaning of the word patent is open to public inspection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| invalid | not valid: |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |