GRE Word List

PATENT

open to public inspection

The meaning of the word patent is open to public inspection.

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officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
gentilitythe condition of belonging to the gentry
opportunesuitable or convenient for a particular occurrence
noxiousphysically harmful or destructive to living beings
matineea musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon
arbitera person with power to decide a dispute : judge
ewethe female of the sheep especially when mature
collationa light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
glazeto furnish or fit with glass