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 |
|---|---|
| whimsy | whim |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| edifice | building |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |