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 |
|---|---|
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |