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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| condole | grieve |
| repercussion | reflection |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |