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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| shove | to push along |
| fiend | devil |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |