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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
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| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| speck | a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay |
| etymology | the 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 |