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 |
|---|---|
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| acetic | vinegary |