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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grossglaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
uniformitythe quality or state of being uniform
consortassociate
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sparseof few and scattered elements
concavehollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl