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 |
|---|---|
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| laud | praise |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |