GRE Word List

PROGENY

descendants

The meaning of the word progeny is descendants.

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WordMeaning
jaundicedaffected with or as if with jaundice
colloquyconversation
palatialof, relating to, or being a palace
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
incubusan evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep
convolutedhaving convolutions
fruitfulyielding or producing fruit
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
lurkto lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose
creeda brief authoritative formula of religious belief