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 |
|---|---|
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| guileless | innocent |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| executioner | one who executes |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |