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
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| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |