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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| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| peerless | matchless |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |