GRE Word List
ANCESTRY
line of descent : lineage
The meaning of the word ancestry is line of descent : lineage.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| ploy | escapade |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| overt | open to view : manifest |