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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| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |