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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| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| replicate | duplicate |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |