GRE Word List

PATENT

open to public inspection

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

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WordMeaning
confoundto throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity
violatebreak
quintessencethe fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies
militiaa part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency
venialof a kind that can be remitted : forgivable
consonanceharmony or agreement among components
cauterizeto sear with a cautery or caustic
swear-wordword considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody''
moltenfused or liquefied by heat : melted
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)