GRE Word List
ENGENDER
beget
The meaning of the word engender is beget.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
knoll | a small round hill : mound |
larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |