GRE Word List
SCION
descendant
The meaning of the word scion is descendant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| dys- | abnormal |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| finery | ornament |