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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |