GRE Word List
ANCESTRY
line of descent : lineage
The meaning of the word ancestry is line of descent : lineage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| puerile | juvenile |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |