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 |
|---|---|
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| dire | exciting horror |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| plethora | an ample amount or number : abundance |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |