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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| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |