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 |
|---|---|
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| clip | encompass |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |