GRE Word List

PATRIMONY

an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor

The meaning of the word patrimony is an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor.

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WordMeaning
bequeathto give or leave by will (see will
syntheticrelating to or involving synthesis : not analytic
commemorateto call to remembrance
outragean act of violence or brutality
fertileproducing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive
fancyto have a fancy (see fancy
instigateto goad or urge forward : provoke
centripetalproceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis
perorationthe concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration
brackishsomewhat salty