GRE Word List
ENGENDER
beget
The meaning of the word engender is beget.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| monochrome | a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |