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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| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| 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 |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |