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 |
|---|---|
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| harass | exhaust |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |