GRE Word List

LINEAGE

descent in a line from a common progenitor

The meaning of the word lineage is descent in a line from a common progenitor.

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orthodoxconforming to established doctrine especially in religion
terminalleading ultimately to death : fatal
smotherto kill by depriving of air
vigoractive bodily or mental strength or force
pinnaclean upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress
yokea wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
presentimenta feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition
gorycovered with gore : bloodstained