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 |
|---|---|
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |