GRE Word List
PATRIARCH
one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people
The meaning of the word patriarch is one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people.
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| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
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| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
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| disport | sport |
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| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
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