GRE Word List

ANCESTRY

line of descent : lineage

The meaning of the word ancestry is line of descent : lineage.

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rigiddeficient in or devoid of flexibility
embroilto throw into disorder or confusion
imbroglioan acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth
puerilejuvenile
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
dissipateto break up and drive off
anarchyabsence of government
inertlacking the power to move
distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate