GRE Word List

PATENT

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

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floutto treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn
reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
wagea payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis
riveta headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head
loutto bow in respect
subsidya grant or gift of money: such as
supernumeraryexceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number
gauntexcessively thin and angular
enraptureto fill with delight
reimburseto pay back to someone : repay