GRE Word List

PRIMOGENITURE

the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents

The meaning of the word primogeniture is the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents.

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maleficentworking or productive of harm or evil : baleful
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bereftdeprived or robbed of the possession or use of something
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tactfulhaving or showing tact
computeto determine especially by mathematical means
panachean ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet