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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WordMeaning
reduceto draw together or cause to converge : consolidate
annihilateto cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
overturnto cause to turn over : upset
repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
raptlifted up and carried away
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
singularof or relating to a separate person or thing : individual
pervertto cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge