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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| malediction | curse |
| trenchant | keen |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |