GRE Word List
PATENT
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The meaning of the word patent is open to public inspection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |