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 |
|---|---|
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |