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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| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
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| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| precipitous | precipitate |
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| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |