GRE Word List
PROGENY
descendants
The meaning of the word progeny is descendants.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| demerit | offense |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| raspy | harsh |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |