GRE Word List
ANCESTRY
line of descent : lineage
The meaning of the word ancestry is line of descent : lineage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |