GRE Word List

ENGENDER

beget

The meaning of the word engender is beget.

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cowerto shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays
pulverizeto reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize
appositehighly pertinent or appropriate : apt
referendumthe principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative
domicilea dwelling place : place of residence : home
stippleto engrave by means of dots and flicks
contraveneto go or act contrary to : violate
encircleto form a circle around : surround
partitionthe action of parting : the state of being parted : division
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life