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 |
|---|---|
| vibrant | pulsating with life, vigor, or activity |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| wanton | merciless |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
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| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |