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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |