GRE Word List

PROGENY

descendants

The meaning of the word progeny is descendants.

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WordMeaning
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
calculatedapt
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
preeminenthaving paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding
cornucopiaa curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance
balmyhaving the qualities of balm : soothing
impalpableincapable of being felt by touch : intangible
gingerlyvery cautious or careful