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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |