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 |
|---|---|
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| enhance | heighten |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| welter | writhe |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |