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 |
|---|---|
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| drivel | nonsense |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| pedagogue | teacher |