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.

Random words

WordMeaning
transientpassing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory
perspicuousplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
miragean optical (see optical
adjurationa solemn oath
attestto affirm to be true or genuine
sundryincluding many things of different kinds : miscellaneous
genuflectto bend the knee
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
guiledeceitful cunning : duplicity
epistemologistthe study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity