GRE Word List
SCION
descendant
The meaning of the word scion is descendant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |