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 |
|---|---|
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| demure | reserved |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| conflagration | fire |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |