GRE Word List
PROGENY
descendants
The meaning of the word progeny is descendants.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impuissance | weakness |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| hydrophobia | rabies |