GRE Word List
PATENT
open to public inspection
The meaning of the word patent is open to public inspection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |