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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WordMeaning
exactingtryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands
regaleto entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies
vintnera wine merchant
stoketo poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel
incapacitateto deprive of capacity or natural power : disable
reticentinclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
prurientmarked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire
accessiblecapable of being reached
institutionalizeto make into an institution : give character of an institution to