GRE Word List
PROGENY
descendants
The meaning of the word progeny is descendants.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |