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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conspireplot
hazymade dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze
symmetrybalanced proportions
monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy
vociferousmarked by or given to vehement insistent outcry
forebearsancestor
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
pento shut in or as if in a pen
floutto treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn
antiqueexisting since or belonging to earlier times : ancient