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 |
|---|---|
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| kismet | fate |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |