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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WordMeaning
titillateto excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation
temerityunreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
doggerelloosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect
chicanerydeception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery
sullyto make soiled or tarnished : defile
correlateeither of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife)
strutto become turgid : swell
eroticof, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire
lexicographeran author or editor of a dictionary