GRE Word List
PROGENY
descendants
The meaning of the word progeny is descendants.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |