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 |
|---|---|
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
