GRE Word List
PATRONIZE
to act as patron of : provide aid or support for
The meaning of the word patronize is to act as patron of : provide aid or support for.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| devious | wandering |