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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curmudgeona crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
temperheat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion
tantruma fit of bad temper