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 |
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| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| aria | air |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |