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 |
|---|---|
| precipitant | precipitate |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| stalwart | marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| impuissance | weakness |