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 |
|---|---|
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |