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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benedictionthe invocation (see invocation
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monotonytedious sameness
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
anodyneserving to alleviate pain
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loga usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree
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atoneto make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome
finishto come to an end : terminate