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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| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| mischance | bad luck |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| rickety | affected with rickets |