GRE Word List
ANCESTRY
line of descent : lineage
The meaning of the word ancestry is line of descent : lineage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |