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 |
|---|---|
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |