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 |
|---|---|
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| leave-taking | departure |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |