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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| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
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| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
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