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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| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |