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 |
|---|---|
| brink | edge |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |