GRE Word List

PROGENY

descendants

The meaning of the word progeny is descendants.

Random words

WordMeaning
benefactorsomeone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit
dieto pass from physical life : expire
screecha high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror
siltloose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter
practicablecapable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible
fanciedimagined or believed to be true or real
portlydignified
momentuma property (see property
dotagea state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness
dwindleto become steadily less : shrink