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 |
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| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |