GRE Word List
PROGENY
descendants
The meaning of the word progeny is descendants.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |