GRE Word List
PROGENY
descendants
The meaning of the word progeny is descendants.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |