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

WordMeaning
disputatiousinclined to dispute
apoplexystroke
repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
draughta rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task
lugubriousmournful
franticemotionally out of control
decipherdecode
deducibleto determine by reasoning or deduction
mirewet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)
detrimentalobviously harmful : damaging