Vocab Words Day-18

[keerthi]

Hi friends,


Todays 5 words are.

1. Lecturn:Reading Desk
2. Legitimate:Lawful,reasonable
3. Prolix:Verbose,tedious,Worthy
4. Progeny:Children,decendant
5. Magnate:A rich influential person
   
   

Please post other possible meanings
for these words,and secondary meanings .Altleast post one synonym and
secondary meaning for each one

[winner]

1.Lectern-->

2. A reading desk with a slanted top holding the books from which scriptural passages are read during a church service.
   
3. A stand that serves as a support for the notes or books of a speaker.

2.Legitimate-->

2. Being in compliance with the law; lawful: a legitimate business.
   
3. Being in accordance with established or accepted patterns and standards: legitimate advertising practices.
   
4. Based on logical reasoning; reasonable: a legitimate solution to the problem.
   
5. Authentic; genuine: a legitimate complaint.
   
6. Born of legally married parents: legitimate issue.
   
7. Of, relating to, or ruling by hereditary right: a legitimate monarch.
   
8. Of or relating to drama of high professional quality that excludes burlesque, vaudeville, and some forms of musical comedy: the legitimate theater.

3.Prolix-->

2. Tediously prolonged; wordy: editing a prolix manuscript.
   
3. Tending to speak or write at excessive length.

4.Progeny-->

2. One born of, begotten by, or derived from another; an offspring or a descendant.
   
3. Offspring or descendants considered as a group.


4. A result of creative effort; a product.

5.Magnate-->A powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry: an oil magnate.