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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| potentate | ruler |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| intermediary | mediator |