GRE Word List
PATENT
open to public inspection
The meaning of the word patent is open to public inspection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |