GRE Word List
PROGENY
descendants
The meaning of the word progeny is descendants.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| dissension | disagreement |