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 |
|---|---|
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| stringent | tight |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| intermediary | mediator |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| quench | put out |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |