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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| espouse | marry |
| malediction | curse |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| sibling | sib |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |