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 |
|---|---|
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| farce | stuff |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| fester | to generate pus |