GRE Word List
PROGENY
descendants
The meaning of the word progeny is descendants.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inanimate | not animate: |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |