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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |