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 |
|---|---|
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |