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 |
|---|---|
| descry | to catch sight of |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| ramification | branch |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| nexus | connection |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |