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 |
|---|---|
| nib | bill |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| paltry | inferior |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |