GRE Word List
SCION
descendant
The meaning of the word scion is descendant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |