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 |
|---|---|
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| warranted | sanction |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| conflagration | fire |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |