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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| actuary | clerk |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |