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 |
|---|---|
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |