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 |
|---|---|
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| nomenclature | name |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| ebullient | boiling |