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 |
|---|---|
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| seemly | good-looking |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| fester | to generate pus |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| gazette | newspaper |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |