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 |
|---|---|
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |