inherit

Definition of inherit

Verbs

obtain from someone after their death
"I inherited a castle from my French grandparents"
Type of:
acquire, get
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
receive from a predecessor
"The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair"
receive by genetic transmission
"I inherited my good eyesight from my mother"
Type of:
have, receive
get something; come into possession of

Vocabulary Lists for inherit

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 8-15 »(708 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
  • premeditate
  • symbolising
  • abase
  • discern
  • endue

Science practice »(600 words)
  • dominant allele
  • diploid
  • coding DNA
  • intron
  • eukaryotic

  • chameleon
  • repertoire
  • corroborate
  • quell
  • douse

Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" Chapters 1-20 »(344 words)
Vocabulary study list for Jane Austen's "Pride and...
  • importune
  • dawdle
  • elate
  • barefaced
  • consequential

  • holograph
  • conveyancing
  • Juggernaut
  • lawyer
  • Damon and Pythias

National Recovery Dialogue - preferred-system-for-managing-diverse-types-and-sources-of-data »(159 words)
Roy Roebuck idea at http://www.thenationaldialogue.org/...
  • access
  • across
  • adaptive
  • also
  • application

Isabel Allende's "The House of the Spirits" Chapter 1 »(120 words)
Vocabulary study list for Isabel Allende's "The House...
  • incinerate
  • dismember
  • calligraphy
  • incriminate
  • embroider

gre word list 2 »(100 words)
  • acerbic
  • acute
  • adagio
  • addle
  • adherent

Words that contain inherit