GRE Word List

PROGENY

descendants

The meaning of the word progeny is descendants.

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WordMeaning
idyllicpleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
miteany of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors
clariona medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones
exclaimto cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion
cherubican order of angels see celestial hierarchy
cringeto recoil in distaste
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
translucentpermitting the passage of light:
lividdiscolored by bruising : black-and-blue
habituateto make used to something : accustom