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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
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| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
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