GRE Word List
ANCESTRY
line of descent : lineage
The meaning of the word ancestry is line of descent : lineage.
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| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |