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 |
|---|---|
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| warranted | sanction |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |