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 |
|---|---|
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| dilute | attenuate |
| refrain | curb |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |