GRE Word List

PROGENY

descendants

The meaning of the word progeny is descendants.

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yieldto bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation
grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
aphasialoss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection)
rusticof, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural
barda tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds
vicissitudethe quality or state of being changeable : mutability
timbrethe quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as
rostera roll or list of personnel
composta mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land
sententiousgiven to or abounding in aphoristic expression