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
machinationsan act of machinating
stenchstink
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
irrelevantnot relevant : inapplicable
vagrantone who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support
slaughterthe act of killing
refectorya dining hall (as in a monastery or college)
prologuethe preface or introduction to a literary work
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
fructifyto bear fruit