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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| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| thespian | actor |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
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| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
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| willowy | abounding with willows |