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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| slew | a large number |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| fulcrum | prop |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| magnitude | great size or extent |