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 |
|---|---|
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |