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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| query | question |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |