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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magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
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evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
solicitor | one that solicits |
inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
spoof | deceive |
esteem | the regard in which one is held |
threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |