GRE Word List
POSTERITY
the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
The meaning of the word posterity is the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |