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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| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
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| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |