GRE Word List
ANCESTRY
line of descent : lineage
The meaning of the word ancestry is line of descent : lineage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |