GRE Word List
SCION
descendant
The meaning of the word scion is descendant.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| monochromatic | having or consisting of one color or hue |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |