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 |
|---|---|
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| asunder | into parts |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |