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 |
|---|---|
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| alleviate | relieve |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |