GRE Word List
PATRICIAN
a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome
The meaning of the word patrician is a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |