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 |
|---|---|
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| resign | relegate |
| repertoire | a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |