GRE Word List
PATENT
open to public inspection
The meaning of the word patent is open to public inspection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| feint | something feigned |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |