GRE Word List
PROGENY
descendants
The meaning of the word progeny is descendants.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| nurture | training |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| demure | reserved |