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 |
|---|---|
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| pending | during |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |