GRE Word List
PROGENY
descendants
The meaning of the word progeny is descendants.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| hurl | rush |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |