GMAT Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com and englishteststore.com File 483 patriarch (n) The chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right patrician (adj) Of senatorial or noble rank patrimony (n) An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one's father patriotism (n) Love and devotion to one's country patronize (v) To exercise an arrogant condescension toward patronymic (adj) Formed after one's father's name patter (v) To mumble something over and over paucity (n) Fewness