GRE Word List

SCION

descendant

The meaning of the word scion is descendant.

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staminathe bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance
defectan imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming
mesmerizeto subject to mesmerism
mosaica surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns
hierarchya division of angels
dingydirty
plumea feather of a bird: such as
boostto push or shove up from below
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
cisternan artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater)