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 |
|---|---|
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| doddering | feeble |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |