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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enhance | heighten |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |