GRE Word List
PROGENITOR
an ancestor in the direct line : forefather
The meaning of the word progenitor is an ancestor in the direct line : forefather.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
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| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |