GRE Word List
ANCESTRY
line of descent : lineage
The meaning of the word ancestry is line of descent : lineage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| lunar | crescent |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| momentum | a property (see property |