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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |