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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WordMeaning
goadto incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad
functionalof, connected with, or being a function
preciseexactly or sharply defined or stated
divergeto move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart
propinquitynearness of blood : kinship
skiffany of various small boats
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
capillaryresembling a hair especially in slender elongated form
pariaha member of a low caste of southern India