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 |
|---|---|
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| hardy | bold |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |