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 |
|---|---|
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| kismet | fate |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |