GRE Word List
BEGET
to procreate as the father : sire
The meaning of the word beget is to procreate as the father : sire.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| reverie | daydream |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |