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 |
|---|---|
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |