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 |
|---|---|
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| dire | exciting horror |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| facade | the front of a building |