GRE Word List
ANCESTRY
line of descent : lineage
The meaning of the word ancestry is line of descent : lineage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| dominate | rule |
| prodigy | a highly talented child or youth |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |