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 |
|---|---|
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| championship | designation as champion |