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 |
|---|---|
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| junket | trip |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| pending | during |