GRE Word List

ENGENDER

beget

The meaning of the word engender is beget.

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WordMeaning
abstractdisassociated from any specific instance
fosterhaving, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for
compromisesettlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
vituperativeuttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse
blasphemythe act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God
substantivehaving substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned
premisea proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
mongrelan individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed
embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix