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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| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| plait | pleat |