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 |
|---|---|
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |