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 |
|---|---|
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |