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 |
|---|---|
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| concentric | having a common center |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |