GRE Word List

PROGENY

descendants

The meaning of the word progeny is descendants.

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WordMeaning
retaliateto return like for like
methodicalarranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order
compassionsympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it
studiousassiduous in the pursuit of learning
figurativerepresenting by a figure or resemblance : emblematic
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
ensueto strive to attain : pursue
smeltany of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste
toteman object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry