GRE Word List
ENGENDER
beget
The meaning of the word engender is beget.
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| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |