Skip to content
GREMockTests
GRE vocabulary

bequest

nounCommon GRE wordMore B words

something left to a person by will; a legacy

In a sentence

Bequest in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing bequest in a sentence.

The museum's finest paintings came from a single generous bequest.

Synonyms
legacyinheritanceendowmentgift
Antonyms
seizureforfeiture
Common questions

Questions about “bequest

Bequest (noun) means something left to a person by will; a legacy
Here is bequest used in an example sentence: "The museum's finest paintings came from a single generous bequest."
Common synonyms for bequest include legacy, inheritance, endowment, gift.
Antonyms of bequest include seizure, forfeiture.
Bequest is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Learn words the way the GRE tests them.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.