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 |
|---|---|
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| random | a haphazard course |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |