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 |
|---|---|
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| trance | stupor |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |