GRE Word List
ENGENDER
beget
The meaning of the word engender is beget.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| congenial | pleasant |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |