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 |
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| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |