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 |
|---|---|
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |