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 |
|---|---|
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| spoof | deceive |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |